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Love & Sex in YA Lit: THE COMPLICATED

Our friends, Em & Nora (who we like to call “Em & No”), recently launched a site for grown-ups about young adult literature called LoveYALit.com*, since (according to the New York Times) more and more people 18-and-over are enjoying books originally intended for the 18-and-under set. Of course, books about teens, the most hormonal among […]

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Blog Snog: Flirt Like a Nerd

photo by Markcooz TheFrisky: How to flirt like a nerd. YourTango: 9 ways to enjoy being single at the holidays. CollegeCandy: Why you should never date the life of the party. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Married with sex toys. LemonDrop: When should you go back for a relationship do-over? TresSugar: 10 underrated women in history. TomFoolery: When […]

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Love & Sex in YA Lit: THE BAD

Our friends, Em & Nora (who we like to call “Em & No”), recently launched a site for grown-ups about young adult literature called LoveYALit.com*, since (according to the New York Times) more and more people 18-and-over are enjoying books originally intended for the 18-and-under set. Of course, books about teens, the most hormonal among […]

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Sex Books for People You're Not Sleeping With

Books make awesome holiday gifts: They can be mailed directly from Amazon et al if you remember someone at the very last minute; they won’t cause weight gain or allergy attacks; they show more thought and insight than a gift certificate; and they’re easy as anything to wrap (ever try gift-wrapping a cactus plant?). We’d […]

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Blog Snog: 8 Ways to Get Closure

photo by morningtheft TheFrisky: 8 ways to get closure. YourTango: Social media’s impact on modern relationships: an updated (tongue-in-cheek) after-school special. CollegeCandy: 5 reasons not to act on your professor fantasies. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: 10 strangest things the Bloggess has received via email this month. LemonDrop: Is kissing another girl cheating? Ask your dude! TresSugar: Snowed […]

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Love & Sex in YA Lit: THE GOOD

Our friends, Em & Nora (who we like to call “Em & No”), recently launched a site for grown-ups about young adult literature called LoveYALit.com*, since (according to the New York Times) more and more people 18-and-over are enjoying books originally intended for the 18-and-under set. Of course, books about teens, the most hormonal among […]

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Blog Snog: Why Bad Sex Doesn't Count

photo by Helga Weber CollegeCandy: Sex that “doesn’t count,” from really bad sex to early finishes. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: 10 (hilarious) ways to tell he’s not into you. Our fave: He didn’t even try the rabbit soup you made him. TheFrisky: Top 10 craziest stripper videos on YouTube. YourTango: 7 signs a man is dating a woman […]

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Books: How to Become a Scandal

Laura Kipnis is the kind of writer we’d like to be if we weren’t so fond of making poop jokes and cheesy ’80s references (but, hey, there’s still time to grow up, right?). She writes smart books about topics close to our hearts, like love, sex, pornography, and — most recently — scandal. Her new […]

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Blog Snog: Why Kids Should Know Their Parents Have Good Sex

YourTango: Why kids should know their parents have good sex. LemonDrop: How long do you get to be “not over” your breakup? EdenFantasys’ Sexis: The best porn parodies, from Edward Penishands to The Sex Files. TheFrisky: 10 most common relationship non-negotiables. CollegeCandy: The 10 best movie kisses of all time. TresSugar: The four types of […]

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Celebrating the Awkward School Photo Years

photo via AwkwardSchoolPictures.com We can’t believe it took this long for someone to launch a website like this — AwkwardSchoolPictures.com, where “awkwardness is now in session.” Bad and funny school photos have been an integral part of our culture for decades, so why only now are we only getting a website for it? how long […]

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The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences

One of our biggest pet peeves is our society’s automatic acceptance — the giddy embrace, even — of the theory that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, with nary a space shuttle between them. We’ve written before on the lazy scientists who are suckers for a sexy headline about the “innate” differences […]

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Blog Snog: How to Balance Boredom and Drama in a Relationship

photo by seeveear LemonDrop: How to find a happy balance between drama and boredom in a relationship. CollegeCandy: How to know if you’re ready for love. TheFrisky: 8 rules for kissing off your one-night stand. YourTango: Why dating superstitions actually work. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: All about conception sex. TresSugar: Why marriage is good for your bank […]

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The Map of Non-Monogamy

According to Franklin Veaux’s personal website, he is an atheist/transhumanist/computer hacker/BDSM switch who owns a small graphic design and training firm and is into Apple computers, World of Warcraft, tattoos, piercing, photography and polyamory. He’s the guy who did that awesome Map of Human Sexuality a while back. And now he’s done the official Map […]

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Blog Snog: 10 Things You Should Know About Sex

photo via CollegCandy CollegeCandy: 10 things you should know about sex. TheFrisky: Why dating someone with a kid can suck. YourTango: Does sleeping with more than 25 people make you a slut? EdenFantasys’ Sexis: 30 things you shouldn’t say during sex. TresSugar: What Jay-Z now thinks of his sexist lyrics. TomFoolery: McWeddings hosted by McDonald’s. […]

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Genesis Finally Makes Sense

Writer/performer/artist Merrill Markoe visited the Creation Museum in Kentucky last year and absorbed all the “proof” there that the world was created just 6,000 years ago and that dinosaurs walked among humans. As if through divine intervention, it suddenly, recently dawned on Markoe how to help the museum make their case. So she created this […]

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Blog Snog: My Very First Orgy

photo by Vacasion TheFrisky: My very first orgy. YourTango: Why religion won’t save your marriage. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: A brief history of aphrodisiac cookbooks. CollegeCandy: How to be in a relationship without losing your friends. TresSugar: Charging for each instance of infidelity in pre-nups. TomFoolery: Why the post-50 divorce rate is on the rise. LemonDrop: What men really […]